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Kid left for camp on Tuesday. We're empty nesters for 4 weeks. The noise level in the apartment has dropped significantly and I have my sundays free!

There's a dog in our building who bit my husband as well as other people. The owners refuse to do anything about it.

Guy was blessed with an amazing set of ears and ability to spot talent.

It's always shocking to learn that someone you know has done horrible things. We had a situation several months ago and our heads are still spinning.

I recently bought some black tea at Harney & Sons called Fruits d'Alsace which tastes strongly of stone fruit: apricots, cherries, plums and one of the my thoughts was that I should try infusing some Hendricks Grand Cabaret gin with it - which I did. I used the infused to make a variation on the Earl Gray MarTEAni and it worked really well. The flavors complimented each other and the tannin added just the right amount of astrigency.

Different championship game, but I was watching Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals and kept getting alerts about bad weather in the NYC area. It was really annoying.

We're going to the game on the 8th. It's an afternoon game.

I'll be in the Bay Area for several days early next month. My brother moved to Oakland in April so I'm heading out to visit. All I know is that we're going to see the Giants play the Jays while I'm in town.

For the second spring in a row the boy's baseball team has clinched the West Side Little League Majors Championship. Team was down 1-0 with two outs when he bunted his way onto first and eventually scored the first run to start a come from behind rally. Boys ended up winning 4-2. It was an exciting game and I'm so proud of these kids.

Is it possible you bought it the weekend the store had everything at 20% off?

In addition to the Costume Institute, the Raphael show is not to be missed at the Met.

There are also excellent skyline views from Governor's Island.

We saw Bruce last week at UBS. Granted he doesn't move around the stage like he used to, but it was a great show. I think the version of The Ghost of Tom Joad that he did with Tom Morello was absolutely incredible. This is the first show I've been to at UBS (I've been to a lot of hockey games) and the sound system is excellent. Reminded me of the days of seeing the Dead.

I attended the 2026 edition of the Biennial earlier this week. They exhibited a combination of older works from their holdings - a stunning O'Keefe, Johns, Rauschenberg, Warhol, Hopper, etc. And also contemporary work which I thought was a mixed bag. There was several pieces related to the destruction of last year's Altedena fire. I'm always in awe when someone is able to turn something awful into beauty. As an aside, I attended with a friend from LA so it led to a long discussion about how many people she knows whose homes were destroyed and left with nothing.

I read the first one and found it to be meh. So I never read the subsequent books. I think I'm the only one who felt that way.